<div class="doc-item" id="doc-845"><h2 class="doc-item-name">expt<span class="namespace">(clojure.contrib.math)</span></h2><ul class="var-arglists"><li>(<span class="var-name">expt</span> base pow)</li></ul><div class="var-docstring"><p>(expt base pow) is base to the pow power.
Returns an exact number if the base is an exact number and the power is an integer, otherwise returns a double.</p></div><div class="var-source"><pre>; clojure/contrib/math.clj:101
(defmulti #^{:arglists '([base pow])
	     :doc &quot;(expt base pow) is base to the pow power.
Returns an exact number if the base is an exact number and the power is an integer, otherwise returns a double.&quot;}
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